The Alberta Gazette PART 1 ________________________________________________________________________ Vol. 93 EDMONTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1997 No. 20 ________________________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATION [GREAT SEAL] CANADA PROVINCE OF ALBERTA The Honourable Catherine A. Fraser, Administrator. ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith PROCLAMATION To all to Whom these Presents shall come GREETING Doug Rae, Acting Deputy Minister of Justice and Acting Deputy Attorney General. WHEREAS section 41 of the Alberta Treasury Branches Act provides that that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim that Act in force: NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of our Executive Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim the Alberta Treasury Branches Act in force on October 8, 1997. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE CATHERINE A. FRASER, Administrator of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this 8th day of October in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-seven and in the Forty-sixth Year of Our Reign. BY COMMAND Jon Havelock, Provincial Secretary. THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, OCTOBER 31, 1997 APPOINTMENTS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ACT Justice of the Peace Appointed October 8, 1997 Adamo, Davide Giovanni Anderson, Francis Brent Lingley, William Henry ________________________________________________________________________ RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ACT Resignation of Justice of the Peace September 12, 1997 Arsenault, Ewa, of Hinton September 18, 1997 DeVenz, Shirley May, of Peace River Termination of Justice of the Peace September 27, 1997 Hrynchuk, Peter, of Redwater ________________________________________________________________________ ORDERS IN COUNCIL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT O.C. 414/97 Approved and Ordered, Anne Russell, Administrator. Edmonton, September 24, 1997 The Lieutenant Governor in Council (a) amalgamates The City of Drumheller and The Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 to form a town having the name “Town of Drumheller”, (b) makes the order in Schedule 1, and (c) establishes that the Town of Drumheller is comprised of the land described in Schedule 2, effective January 1, 1998. Ralph Klein, Chair. 2114 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, OCTOBER 31, 1997 SCHEDULE 1 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE TOWN OF DRUMHELLER Definitions 1 In this Schedule, (a) “Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs; (b) “old municipal authorities” means The City of Drumheller and The Municipal District of Badlands No. 7; (c) “Town of Drumheller” means the Town formed by the amalgamation of the old municipal authorities. Transitional Provisions 2 Subject to the Limitation of Actions Act, all rights of action and actions by or against either of the old municipal authorities may be continued or maintained by or against the Town of Drumheller. 3 All assets, liabilities, whether arising under a debenture or otherwise, rights, duties, functions and obligations of the old municipal authorities are vested in the Town of Drumheller and may be dealt with in its name. 4 An agreement in which either of the old municipal authorities is a party is binding on the Town of Drumheller as though the Town of Drumheller replaced the old municipal authority as a party to the agreement. 5 A reference to either of the old municipal authorities in any order, regulation, bylaw, or resolution, certificate of title, agreement or other instrument is deemed to be a reference to the Town of Drumheller. 6 Bylaws and resolutions of each of the old municipal authorities continue to apply within the old municipal authorities’ previous territory until the bylaws or resolutions are repealed, amended or replaced by the council of the Town of Drumheller. 7 The Town of Drumheller must use, for taxation in 1998, the property assessments prepared or adopted by the old municipal authorities. 8 The Town of Drumheller must conduct a general property assessment during 1998 to be used for the purposes of taxation in 1999. 9 The Minister may decide any question arising over the division or apportionment of the property, rights, assets, and liabilities resulting from the formation of the Town of Drumheller. 10 The employees of the old municipal authorities of record and available for work as of December 31, 1997, are the employees of the Town of Drumheller. Interim Council 11 The councils of The City of Drumheller and The Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 are dissolved. 2115 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, OCTOBER 31, 1997 12 Until the organizational meeting resulting from the 1998 General Election, the council for the Town of Drumheller is composed of the previous council members of The City of Drumheller and The Municipal District of Badlands No. 7. 13 Until the organizational meeting resulting from the 1998 General Election, the Chief Elected Official for the council of the Town of Drumheller is the previous Mayor of The City of Drumheller and the Deputy Chief Elected Official is the previous Reeve of The Municipal District of Badlands No. 7. 14 The Minister may decide any questions arising from the organization and composition of the interim council. First General Election 15 For the purposes of the 1998 General Election and until changed by bylaw of the Town of Drumheller passed after the 1998 General Election (a) the council of the Town of Drumheller consists of a Chief Elected Official and 6 other councillors, (b) the Chief Elected Official is to be elected at large, (c) the Town of Drumheller is divided into 3 wards described in Schedule 3, with 2 councillors to be elected from each ward, and (d) all councillors elected for a ward are to be nominated from and resident in that ward. Chief Administrative Officer 16 Until the council of the Town of Drumheller otherwise directs, Mr. Ray Romanetz, the previous Chief Administrative Officer of The City of Drumheller is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Drumheller. SCHEDULE 2 THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF DRUMHELLER All of the herein described lands located in the Province of Alberta and lying west of the Fourth Meridian. Township 27 In range 18, the north half of section 21, the northwest quarter of section 22, the west half of section 27, all of section 28, all those portions of sections 29, 31, and 32 lying north and east of the right bank of the Red Deer River, all of section 33, and the southwest quarter of section 34; Township 28 In range 18, the west half of section 4, all of section 5, all those portions of sections 6 and 7 lying north and east of the right bank of the Red Deer River, and all of section 18; In range 19, all of sections 7 and 8, all those portions of sections 11 and 12 lying north and east of the right bank of the Red Deer River, the south half of section 13, all those portions of section 14 lying north and east of the right bank of the Red Deer River, all of sections 15 to 21 inclusive, the west half and southeast quarter of section 22, the south half of section 23, the west half of section 27, all of sections 28 to 32 inclusive, and the west half and southeast quarter of section 33; In range 20, all those portions of section 24 lying north of the southerly limit of road plan 6475 BM, all of section 25, all those portions of 2116 THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, OCTOBER 31, 1997 sections 26 and 35 lying east of Primary Highway No. 9 as shown in road plan 7150 GX, and all of section 36; Township 29 In range 19, the south half of section 6; In range 20, all of sections 1 and 2, the east half and northwest quarter of section 3, the northeast quarter of section 4, the northeast quarter of section 7 and all those portions of the northwest quarter of section 7 lying east of the westerly limit of road plan 453 BM, all of sections 8 to 12 inclusive, the south half of section 13, the southeast quarter of section 14 and all those portions of the southwest quarter of section 14 lying east of the easterly limit of plan 4419 CR, the west half of section 16, all of section 17, and the east half of section 18 and all those portions of the west half of section 18 lying east of the westerly limit of plan 3128 JK. SCHEDULE 3 WARDS OF THE TOWN OF DRUMHELLER All of the herein described lands located in the Province of Alberta and lying west of the Fourth Meridian. EAST WARD All those portions of the Town of Drumheller lying east of Primary Highway No. 9, Fifth Street East, and the projection of Fifth Street East northerly to the right bank of the Red Deer River, and the western boundary of section 12 and the western boundary of the southwest quarter of section 13, township 29, range 20. CENTRAL WARD All those portions of the Town of Drumheller lying south of the right bank of the Red Deer River, lying west of Primary Highway No. 9, Fifth Street East, and the projection of Fifth Street East northerly to the right bank of the Red Deer River, and lying east of the eastern boundary of section 3, township 29, range 20, and the northerly projection of said eastern boundary of section 3 to the right bank of the Red Deer River.